amoebic
Americanadjective
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Some of the modern plagues of Eygpt: �Egypt: Amoebic dysentery, which afflicts every villager; bilharzia, an energy-sapping parasitic disease which infects 92%; intestinal worms, 64%; syphilis, 6.5%.
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Amoebic dysentery, for instance, is rampant where drinking water is likely to come from an open sewer, and by the standards of Western medicine it is a stubborn disorder to cure.
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